Invaders focusing on five areas, 39 combat clashes recorded over past day

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a morning update published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

Over the past day, Ukrainian aircraft launched nine strikes on enemy personnel concentration areas. Ukrainian defenders also destroyed seven reconnaissance UAVs. Ukrainian rocket and artillery units, in turn, hit two ammunition depots, five artillery pieces, four areas of concentration of enemy troops, four EW stations, two air defense systems and three more important enemy targets.

Ukraine's defense forces continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdiansk sectors, are entrenching themselves on the achieved lines, inflicting artillery fire on identified enemy targets, and carrying out counter-battery measures.

Over the past 24 hours, Russia has struck Ukraine with two Iranian-made Shahed drones, two Kh-22 cruise missiles and two anti-aircraft guided missiles. Ukrainian air defenses destroyed two attack UAVs.

In addition, the enemy carried out 40 airstrikes and launched 46 attacks using multiple launch rocket systems.